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The Detroit Red Wings will open the 2012-13 season against the Nashville Predators, the team that ended their 2011-12 season.
The Red Wings season-opener is Friday, Oct. 12 against Nashville at Joe Louis Arena. The Predators defeated Detroit in five games in the opening round of the playoffs.
The NHL is expected to release the schedule Thursday morning.

Not only is it gonna be sweet as McFeck to roll Suter and Kronwall against their “top” line but it’s gonna be even sweeter running our top line of Zetterberg, Parros and (insert anybody here, who cares) against Weber. Time to bring back the Tough to the D.

Posted by
Vladimir16
from Grand River Valley on 06/20/12 at 09:49 PM ET

Parros? George Parros? With all due respect, sir, are you high?

Posted by
monkey
from Praha, Česká republika on 06/20/12 at 10:50 PM ET

Parros? George Parros? With all due respect, sir, are you high?
Maybe he got a little too close to your avatar.

Posted by
Chris in Hockey Hell
from Ann Arbor, MI but LIVING in Columbia, TN on 06/20/12 at 10:55 PM ET

What happens if Tick Tock sends a qualifying offer to Weber as well, 12 years average 8 per year?

Gotta wonder who developed the schedule. It’s almost like NBCSucksNetwork assumes Suter is coming to Detroit and they want to play up that Suter vs. Weber angle during the first broadcast.

I’d love it. I’d also love it if Weber had to stand there and watch #5 being hoisted to the rafters.

Posted by
MsRedWinger
from GlennieAbbyLand, now in Flori-Duh on 06/21/12 at 10:15 AM ET

I’d love it. I’d also love it if Weber had to stand there and watch #5 being hoisted to the rafters.

Posted by MsRedWinger from Michigan, now in Flori-duh on 06/21/12 at 09:15 AM ET

Hell let’s just make Suter the new captain. Thay might make Webber’s head explode like the movie clip that makes it here once in awhile.

I just don’t know about Schultz. It kinda goes against the grain of how we “over-ripen” the youngin’s in this organ-i-zation. What does it say to Smith? Is he that much better than Brendan that a year of seasoning is not necessary?

Posted by
cigar_nurse
from Greenville South Cakalakee on 06/21/12 at 10:43 AM ET

Gotta wonder who developed the schedule. It’s almost like NBCSucksNetwork assumes Suter is coming to Detroit and they want to play up that Suter vs. Weber angle during the first broadcast.
Posted by MsRedWinger from Michigan, now in Flori-duh on 06/21/12 at 09:15 AM ET

My reaction is that NBC/NHL do not want Suter to go to Detroit and by scheduling and publicly announcing the first game is between the two teams are trying to put pressure on and negatively influence him against signing with Detroit.

But that’s just me.

Posted by
RWBill
from swimming in the ocean with narwhals. on 06/21/12 at 12:45 PM ET

Hell let’s just make Suter the new captain. Thay might make Webber’s head explode like the movie clip that makes it here once in awhile.

Posted by cigar_nurse from Greenville South Cakalakee on 06/21/12 at 09:43 AM ET

Obliged.

Posted by
SYF
from the C7.R, flyin' low and feelin' mean on 06/21/12 at 02:06 PM ET

Posted by monkey from lighting my nuts on fire on 06/20/12 at 09:50 PM ET

Parros? Parros?... We don’t need no stinking Parros.

Posted by
bezukov
from the kids are alright. on 06/21/12 at 02:15 PM ET

Parros? George Parros? With all due respect, sir, are you high?

Yeah, I had the same reaction to that one.

Blech, stupid NHL has the last game of the regular season between the Wings an Dive here at the Can. I hate the last game of the regular season as it is usually meaningless…sigh.

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